[Opt-Net] PhD position in nonlinear optimization at Trier University

[Martin Schmidt]

The Chair of Nonlinear Optimization of the Trier University invites
applications for a PhD position in optimization to be filled for a
period of up to three years. The successful applicant will work in the
project "Energy efficiency via intelligent district heating networks"
in cooperation with academic partners from the TU Berlin and
the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics as well as the with the
industrial partner Technische Werke Ludwigshafen am Rhein AG. The
project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

The focus of the project will be the development of models and
optimization techniques for coupled district heating networks. The
main idea is to develop algorithms for (discrete-)continuous
optimization that control the overall accuracy of the optimization
model by exploiting tailored error estimates. The successful applicant
will thus work at the interesting interface between optimization and
numerics. The developed algorithms will be analyzed theoretically and
need to be implemented in a programming language like C++ or Python.

We seek excellent open-minded and team-spirited PhD candidates that
should have completed their studies at master level in a program with
strong mathematical background in optimization.

Please send your complete application documents (motivation letter,
CV, certificates, and a list of MSc courses with grades) as soon as
possible as one PDF to martin.schmidt at uni-trier.de.